President posted ‘he who saves his country does not violate any laws’ quote attributed to French emperor

Critics rounded on Donald Trump on Sunday for likening himself to Napoleon in a “dictatorial” social media post echoing the French emperor’s assertion that “he who saves his country does not violate any laws”.

The post came at the end of another tumultuous week early in Trump’s second presidency, during which acolytes questioned the legitimacy of judges making a succession of rulings to stall his administration’s aggressive seizure or dismantling of federal institutions and budgets.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trump-napoleon-judges-government-firings